The Amsterdam District Court on Friday fined oil trading company Trafigura 1 million euros (USD $1.28 million) for shipping hazardous waste to the Netherlands and illegally exporting the waste to the...
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A Honduran judge on Friday dropped two abuse of power charges against ousted leader Manuel Zelaya . Judge Humberto Palacios dismissed the charges because of the amnesty granted to those involved...
A wireless communications industry group filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a San Francisco ordinance requiring disclosure of cellular phone radiation emission levels. The complaint, filed by CTIA in the US District Court for the Northern...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday named the members of its fact-finding mission into the May flotilla incident , in which Israeli forces raided several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded...
The US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Friday accepted a plea agreement with former Pennsylvania judge Michael Conahan for his involvement in the juvenile sentencing scandal . Conahan, the...
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled Friday that damages are an appropriate remedy for violations of a citizen's rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms . The case arose after Vancouver lawyer Cameron Ward...
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of 102 people, including two serving and three retired military officers, in connection with an alleged coup plot. The 2003 Balyoz Security Operation Plan ,...
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday suspended an order issued last week directing the release of accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo [case...
US Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) introduced legislation Wednesday intended to block the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from implementing its National Broadband Plan . The Freedom for Consumer Choice Act would remove...
US Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday introduced an amended version of the Senate campaign finance bill in order to gain support from moderate Republicans in the hope of increasing the chance of the...
